. the battle heats up in anne arundel county as both sides take their thoughts to voters. and the birds are home. thesy is showing the purple tied as the ravens prepare for the home opener and what they hit the field, will the sun be out? >> reporter: the great prostate challenge is happening right now at johnny you'll nighted stadium. wjz is a proud sponsor. we'll have complete information on this event in a few.

eyewitness news is seconds away . good morning. welcome to "wjz eyewitness news" this sunday. >> changes occurring whether wise. it was another hot one yesterday. we got up to 91 degrees. but we're not going there today. there is some rain out there the southwest and it is moving in our direction. what we've seen already is over the areas of dc and an accomplice. but not much has made to the ground yet. but a couple showers are possible this morning. and look at the temperatures this morning. it is still very warm around the entire region. but compared to today as yesterday is that these are not going up all that much. 66 in baltimore right now.

67 in dc. you see lots of 60s across the region. and this afternoon, we're going up probably to the low 70s. on and off chances for showers the first part of today. tonight the rain picks up and we'll have the forecast coming up. first, here's what people are talking b the battle over slots continues to heat up. and now add voluntary cates from both sides are taking fight to the voters' front door. wjz has the latest. >> reporter: people that are against the slots at the mall are out in force this morning. this is the owner of a multi- billion dollar business. he and his wife are knocking on the doors of perfect straining ger -- perfect strangers to get them to vote for proposition a.

he has state approval to build a slot parlor at an anne arundel county mall. >> i think we'll win and we'll keep on fighting. the state of maryland location said this is the ideal location. >> reporter: another group that includes homeowners is adamantly opposed and trying to convince people to vote no. >> we're handing out fliers and putting up signs this week. >> reporter: the group called against slots at the mall is getting big financing from penn national. why? because if slots are voted down at anne arundel county, they may get to build their on slot parlor at a nearby track. >> the only way we could get our voice out is to take the -- if both sides have money, now it comes back to the issue. >> reporter: the group don't want gambling near the mall. and they worry about traffic. and with one month before the

election, both sides are campaigning in full force. the cordish company said if it succeeds, it will provide 4,000 jobs. and giving the anne arundel county residents first dib. >> question a will be on the ballot on november 2nd. the man charges with murdering they're in they're in native love will have to wait for his trial. he is charged with killing the 22-year-old crockeysvilles woman inside her offcampus apartment at the university of virginia and the judge denied a media request to have cameras present in the courtroom. a partial guilty verdict for the drunk driver accused of killing another young athlete in maryland. they say that anthony gallow ran a red light and killed four

people, including los angeles anaheim pitcher. the jury is still trying reach a verdict on three murder charges in that case. on annapolis man is behind bars charged with attempted murder. the police say that charles wallace shot a man. the victim was able to escape and flagged down a passing officer. wallace was arrested a short time later no word on what sparked the violence. new questions regarding the death of natasha pettigrew. she was struck and killed while training for a triathlon in prince george's county. and the family wants to know why the driver has not been charged. >> reporter: dozens of people that loved natasha pettigrew gathered at the site where the 30-year-old was hit by her bike and later died, casting doubt on the driver's story. >> i thought i hit a deer.

>> i hit a squirrel one day. i cried. i knew i hit it and i stopped. >> reporter: natasha pettigrew was a maryland green party, candidate running for u.s. senate. >> i don't feel that our elected officials are responsive to the needs of constituents. >> reporter: she was on her mike christy littleford hit her. police said that christy littleford left they are on the side of the road and continued to drive home, thinking she thought an animal, when she found the bike under her, she called the police. and natasha pettigrew's family and friends want answers. >> the biggest question is did the driver knew she had someone or she really thought she hit a deer. >> the county's state attorney said that the investigation could say several weeks.

in montgomery county, the public will not get the final say on a controversial fee. the judge rejected thousands of petition signatures, including one that he called ineligible and others that left off a middle initial. critics say they plan to appeal. he received a life-saving transplant in the middle of last year's record breaking snowstorm. and michael jader is using his new lease on life to champion a cause that is close to his heart. >> reporter: the blizzard left this man on the ski scopes in maryland and this man was near death. jadeder got to the call to get to the hospital. a heart was found to match his heart. the neighbors dugs out his car so he could get to the hospital for what could be a life- changing operation. >> the fact they found my son

he did not have a heartbeat. but they were able to get his heart started again and donate to someone that desperately needed, i think that is amazing. >> reporter: david's mom finds herself on this hot september morning at the park for a fundraiser for the group that coordinates organ donation. >> it is a celebration of david's life. >> reporter: they'll walk 1k or run five. and here's michael jader, the man with david's heart in his chest. >> when i look at michael jadeder, i don't look at him with the man of david's heart. he is a friend. >> reporter: a friend happy with his own good fortune, sensitive to the situation that put him here. >> i can't give back to the davis family to you what they've given me. all i can do it give my friendship back and hopefully it will help her deal with the situation and her loss. >> people grief in different

ways. and my way of grieving is being involved. >> reporter: hundred people got -- 300 people got involved today all of them saying thank you to someone. >> when you're supposed to do thank you letters through you the organization, i can't understand how understand anybody can put down words to say thank you. >> reporter: they raced $48,000 today. you can become an organ donor when you get a maryland's driver's license. >> what a great story. whether wise, a lots of changes. it's been hot. we're sinking way down from where we were. and it's gotten really dry lately and that is going to change too. >> this is where we say come on, fall? >> pretty much. there is some rain on the doppler radar. you can see there's that rain and it is coming up from the

southwest. it looks a little worse than it is. we're going to see showers. but had some of that is not making it to the ground yet because it's so dry so tart out with. the clouds coming in from the south overnight and some rain that is following. so what else is going on in the winds have furnished around to the north. and this is going to keep down our temperatures. we got into the 90s yesterday afternoon. today we're starting out in the 60s, ooze and 40s further west. but we're not going up all that much this afternoon. so here's how we open it up this storm has a few different parts to. this section is going to drive the entire system. it's part of the storm that brought all the flooding to the midwest. and it's diving down to the south and moving our way. this is just the first round of what we're going to see. as we head into the next couple days, the center gets closer and the winds are really going to pick up. tomorrow really heavy rains expected around here.

as it slowly passes off to the north, it's going to tap into the atlantic, pulling the moisture n and we could see local played areas of flooding after this is through. then we're going to have to pay attention to the tropics because we're still watching matthew down in here. and there's a chance this could drift into the gulf that is a big question right now. so we'll keep an eye on that for you a way out in the atlantic, we still have lisa. it is backed down to a tropical storm call depression. back here at home, small craft advisory in effect for our waters with the winds turning around from the northeast. and the game time weather, if you're lucky enough to be headed done there today, there's a chance for a couple of showers. game time temperature around 73 degrees and taking on the browns this afternoon. forecast for the rest of us today, we're going up into the 70s. a few showers around and the rain starts to pick up tonight. and tomorrow is when we start

to see the heavier rain around here. and the temperatures stay in the 70s during this time. some mild air associated with it. and it gets out of here on wednesday. and we'll watch for another storm system as we head into the second part of the week. so overall, we've knocked done our temperatures considerably and we're bringing up the rain chances big time too. since we've had this gorgeous stretch of weather in september, we're gown two and a half inches -- we're down two and a half inches for our rainfall total so fall. a controversial building plan threatens to stall middle east peace talks. dozens of bikers hit the streets in honor of a baltimore county man. >> reporter: more than 3,000 people or here at johnny stadium for the great prostate challenge. we'll tell you about this

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good morning. welcome back be to "wjz eyewitness news" sunday morning. and that is where the action is going to be in a couple hours. i'm sure there are people tailgating at this point getting ready for the game. and i'm sure a lot of you at homes are getting ready to head down there. what are we expecting today? you might want to get the rain gear ready. because we're seeing showers and a little rain coming up from the south. it is going to come in a couple different patches. the chance for a few showers as we head the next through hours. temperatures, we're in the 60s right now. you can see 58 in westminster, 56 in annapolis. only topping out in the mid-70s

this afternoon. back to some of the other stories that people are talking being this morning. a tense standoff in the west bank of palestinian protesters clash with israeli security forces. israeli police used tear gas at demonstrators after several began throwing rocks. israeli leaders said they'll start rebuilding after a moratorium at midnight tonight. and they say if that happens, they'll behind months long peace talks. medics rushed four people to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. it happened when a gunman opened fire at an offcampus party when he was not allowed inside. the shooter is still at large.

loved ones strapped on their helmets and on their bike in memory of a man yesterday. it was called larry's ride. he was avid bike racer and he was struck and killed. they held a big cookout affidavit ride. more than 27,000 men will die from prostate cancer. and people from the big prostate cancer challenge want that to change. >> reporter: more than 3300 people are here for the fourth annual the great prostate challenge where wjz is a sponsor. and governor o'malley is here and sandy sigel. >> good morning.

always great to have you. and wjz is our major sponsor here. >> reporter: maker somewhere a leader in finding cures for these diseases. can you talk about that a little bit? >> we have some of the greatest doctors and researchers and greatest institutions in healing and discovery anywhere in the country from johns hopkins university of maryland, nih. this is a state that prized itself on being a lead near discovering cures and healing. and that is true where prostate cancer is true too. this run, this great prostate cancer challenge has raised about a million dollars for prostate cancer cures. i think we all know someone that has been touched by prostate cancer. and i think it's great to see so many people here and dr. sigel is a great testament to our state. >> reporter: yes. the numbers are staggering,

nearly a quarter million men diagnosed in the united states each year. >> governor, it's an honor to have you here this year. and i hope you see how important this is to the community and thank you for your support. you've all been a great supporter of the great prostate cancer challenge in maryland. so thank you very much for that. we are passionate about the fight against prostate cancer are. urology has 50 doctors. we have over 300 employees here and we're dedicated to health care in maryland and finding a cure for prostate cancer. that's why we're all here today. >> reporter: where does the money goes that you raise today? >> it goes to provide screening in the baltimore hospital area. and we have screening programs with a lot of the african- american churches. but it's really through the for anybody in the community. these screenings are free. and what is significant about these is if you are found to have cancer or problem and you

don't have insurance, we'll take care of you for free. so free is a word that goes all the way through the treatment and we're proud to bring that -- all the doctors are committed to do that. >> reporter: real quick, we want to go over the guide line who should be screened? >> we think any man over 40 years old should be screened. and if you have a family history, you should be screened earlier. as you know, we will have four screenings next month on our website and the wjz website. you can go out and find out where the free screenings are. they're every sunday in october. >> reporter: governor, have you had yours yet? >> yes, i have. >> reporter: i'm sure it was fun. >> yes, it is. >> reporter: very good. and if you want to get your screening, there are four free screenings in the next month. you can log onto wjz.com for a

link or logging on to chesapeakeurology.com. >> that is an important cause. sharon is reporting live from the prostate cancer challenge at you nighted stadium. don't forget, the great prostate cancer today at 8:00 a.m. you can go on line and great prostate cancer challenge or wjz.com. this is part of wjz's continuing community commitment. we have been a proud sponsor for the last four years. >> that is say wonderful thing. and it is so important. and marty is out there in morning. he'll be out there. coming up on "wjz eyewitness news" sunday morning, the birds are back in town. >> ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

welcome back a little rain making its way n this is the binning of the storm system. forecast for the next five days. rain really begins to pick up tonight. and it may be till wednesday afternoon before it gets out much here and temperatures much lower. this is closer to our averages. ravens' fans are happy today because the purple birds are finally back in their nest. they open the 2010 season downtown this afternoon. >> players are excited to be

back on their home turf. good morning. this is a day that baltimore has long awaited, the first home game of the year. the browns are in town. the last time that the ravens played at home was before christmas last year. and since then, they've played six straight on the road, including a couple playoff games. they're happy to be back in baltimore for the home opener today. they will play in front a home crowd. and they expect the fans to make a difference. >> fans are more excited than anything. we have not been home for a while. i think that is huge for us. >> it will be loud. it's your home opener. they're going to be excited. they like it. they feet off a lot of energy. so it's one of those things that we need to watch out for. >> we're back home for the first time in quite a while. when they're on offense, we need it loud and especially loud when they see number 16 at

quarterback. >> and number 161 josh cribs. he's and all surface player that sometimes line up in the back field in the formation. they are expected to get become in the win column today, heavily favorite against cleveland. today's game a middle game in the stretch of lee straight against division rivals. a week from today, they'll be playing in pittsburgh. enjoy the game. in just a few hours, you can catch all the action of the ravens home opener against the browns. that game kicks off right here at wjz 13. >> they enthusiasm bring bell has? >>i would have some rain gear

ready. i think the worst of this holdses off. but i would have the rain gear ready. door-to-door, the fight over slots comes to home. the details are coming up. a maryland business man is ,

welcome back be to "wjz eyewitness news" sunday morning. i'm gigi barnette. >> so i made a big mistake. don't bring your umbrellas to the game. >> you can bring them to the orioles game. some stadiums you can be and some you can't so pack the poncho. >> so pack other rain gear. >> yeah. you see people already out there. they're lining up and they're getting ready. they have the barbeques cranking. this is the place to be today. we have showers on the doppler. it looks worse than it is because it's been so dry it will take some time to get going. the rain chances will pick up

later on today big time. as far as temperatures go, we're in the 60s and we're not going up all that much. that is the big difference. 66 in baltimore, 06 in westminster and 66 in columbia. this afternoon, only the low 70s. a chance couple of showers through the game time and the rain moves through tonight and it will be heavy at times. the fight over slots at an alleghney county mall heats up. advocates on bodily injury sides of the issue have started going around knocking on doors. and david cordish himself met with people stressing how it could bring thousands of jobs to anne arundel county. despite opposition, he's trying to remain upbeat. >> i think we'll win. but if we don't, we'll keep on fighting and we have our license. remember. the state of maryland location

commission said this is the ideal location. >> and several neighborhood groups say that slots at the mall would mean more traffic and more crime. and while the slots debate continues in anne arundel county, the state's first slot parlor is expected to open in cecil county. officials say if they get approval, they may opt doors a few days ahead planned of the grand oning on thursday. and switching gears a little. prescription drugs are quickly becoming a drug of choice for criminals that steal and sell them. this weekend, maryland was part of a nationwide effort to get them off the streets enace pose of them safely. >> reporter: over the years, helen acquired enough

prescription drugs to fill a small box and she was the caregiver of her point but now this weekend was the chance to get rid of it all. >> it gave me a chance to clean out my medicine cabinet. >> reporter: she is not alone. people arrived at the baltimore county police station in wood lawn to drop off old and unused prescription drugs. robert wanted to get rid of some medication but the hospital would not take it back. and the dea will take liquid medicine and pills. but syringes and needles are out. they have a no questions asked policy. >> we realize that the biggest source of the prescription drugs in the household is in the medicine cabinet. >> reporter: criminals steal prescription drugs anyway they can, especially if it leads to a profit. but the take back locks that.

>> you heard the term dumpster diving being whether in dumpsters or trash cans, they'll do it because they'll use it or take the pills and sell them on the street. >> reporter: and the police say that the main purpose of the take back to get as many prescription drugs off the streets, they say another reason for it is to keep the drugs out of the hands of young children. >> during a recent survey, a lot of teenagers said they get the prescription drugs at home in mom and dad's medicine cabinet. >> reporter: and now the drugs are headed to an incinerator. a shotout inside a crowded birthday party leaves one man dead in california. police say that a heated fight inside the party ended after several people pulled out guns and knives. eight people shot and one died. and another three people were stabbed. no arrests have made. it's been more than five

months since millions of gallons of crude first began pumping into the gulf. and now victims are being promised bigger and faster payment. they say that they're responding to critics is a that i sat payments have been too slow and too small. recent estimates say about 206 million gallons of crude spewed into the gulf. and flood conditions in the midwest are starting to improvement but the damage is already done. >> they say we can't get in yet to look at our place to see what is left. >> half of our stuff is gone. there's so much stuff in there wrecked and lost. >> heavy rain triggered heavy flooding in parts of minnesota and wisconsin last week. officials say that the water is receding but it is leaving

behind a path of destruction. the hit show undercover boss starts a new season tonight. one maryland boss went undercover and now big changes are coming to his company because of it. >> reporter: cleaning pools in the florida heat draws a sweat. that is where this ceo has not done in years. but as an undercover boss, he pulls it off. for the last two years, joyce has headed choice hotels. but during the show he becomes the janitor and a new member of the sales team. once he almost blew his cover after making a cold call to a customer. >> and i were surprised how poorly i did this? of the jobs.

>> reporter: he said that he did in memory of her mother. >> i was not doing as much as i should. and i think my mom would want me to step up a little bit. >> reporter: during his undercover mission, he finds several hard workers that are not getting the promotions had he deserve. now once a year, managers and executives will stay overnight in one of their hotels. >>i forgot how hard the jobs are and how special the people that are do it. >> and undercover boss premiers this sunday at 10:00 that is tonight, followed by eyewitness news at 11:00. but long before you get to our prime time tv tonight, there are plenty of financial action coming up this afternoon, including the ravens home opener against the cleveland browns. and you can watch all the home action rights here live on wjz 13. >> i think people are pumped

for this one. they're ready for it if you're headed to the game -- there we go. we got the purple bird out. this is what we're dealing with weather-wise. floss rain already making its way into the states. and we're going to see on and off showers through the first half of today. but then the rain really picks up tonight. we'll switch it over. and the clouds started to come in overnight. they've really thickened up in a lost case. and this first round of vain really starting to fizzle now the some case. the air has been so dry on top of us. but the other thing it's turning our winds around to the northeast and that will keep us cool right now. 66 in baltimore, 58 in hagerstown. take a look. the dew points are still in the low 50s that is a little higher than it has been but it's

really far from the temperature. when these are further apart, the rain starts to evaporate. then tonight the rain will begin in full force and tomorrow into tuesday, we're going to see rounds of heavy rains from the storm system coming our way. it's part of the same one that made its way through the midwest. it's dipping down to the south and moving nothing the mid- alantic. as that center passes monday and tuesday, it will tap into more moisture. and west potential for localized flooding out of this w there's a lot of moisture with t in the tropics, we have matthew going on in the south wet. it is drifting off to the north. lisa is still way out there back down to a tropical depression. we're going to keep an eye in the southern parts of the

united states here because weather is forming something in the next couple of days could affect the united states. and keel keep an eye on na. -- and we'll keep an eye on that. game time weather, that is what we expects. 73 degrees for its game time temperature. mostly cloudy skies. and the chance for a couple of showers. and a few of the showers today. but tonight move a ran out there. and then over the next five days. the rain can be heavy at times monday and tuesday. we're in the 70s during that time so not the 90s. but believe it or not these are closer to our averages. we've been lulled into the sense of it being warm lately. now we're back to the full week of fall weather. what do you get a couple that you want to say -- let's try enthusiasm again. take two. what do you get when you have a

couple that wants to say i do? >> these are some of your ideas. >> we'll have the wedding gifts for the fall when we come back in a moment. >> reporter: and the great prostate challenge is underway. more than 3,000 runners have [ female announcer ] remember this promise? [ man ] martin o'malley -- taking on bg&e to stop the rate hikes. [ female announcer ] never happened -- your bill went up 72%. and o'malley gave the bureaucrat who approved the rate hike a huge raise. now martin o'malley promises we're moving forward. the fact of the matter is our economy is doing much better now. [ female announcer ] really? nearly 7,000 marylanders lost their jobs last month. four years ago, martin o'malley misled us. now he's just making stuff up. bob ehrlich. we can do better.

it's 8:45. the great prostate cancer challenge back and organizers are determined to bring down cancer rates. >> wjz heads back out to towson university and i saw a special guest hanging around with you there. is that mr. marty bass? >> reporter: he was here. he is the mc of the event. he's going to do other things right now. but he is the mc because we're a proud sponsor and part of our community commitment of this great prostate challenge. and we have a few other special guests with us rights now. all the reasoners have taken to

the streets and they should be finishing up shortly. we have not had our first one cross the finish line yet. but this is the forth annual great prostate challenge. more than 3,000 runners is out here. it's an important issue. nearly a quarter million men will be diagnosed this year with prostate cancer. and somebody who has been a great supporter of this issue is our congressman. you've been here every year. >> yes and it grows every year. i think they got 3500 people this year. and that shows that the awareness is going up every year. >> reporter: how does it make you feel to see people come together for such an event and maker somewhere such a lead near research? >> there's a common purpose like this in terms of addressing a disease like cancer, and in this case prostate cancer, it brings the community together. and i got to give sandy segal

credit for this. he has great enthusiasm. and when it comes to research on these diseases, attention equals funding. the more you race awareness, the more you'll get the research dollars to flow there. >> reporter: somebody who has benefit from the research is len my moore with us right here live. he has a cancer survivor and a famous baltimorean. good morning. and how are you donning? >> thank god, we're haining in there. >> reporter: and it's because you actually went and got screened? >> that's exactly right. you have to. men are scared. i was scared till i found out, you got to do something because of the blood test and the good screening that showed that there was something going on.

and my son passed on in january of 2001. i was operated on in september of 2001 because i found out by getting myself checked out that i had problems. i had my prostate removed and thank god i've been zero since. >> reporter: and we'll hope that lots of other people take your advice and go get screen and you have an opportunity for four free screenings given by chesapeake urology in the next month. you can log onto wjz.com for details. i can give you a quick live weather report. it is raining. if you plan to attend the great prostate cancer challenge, it is today at 8:00 a.m. you can go to our website,

wjz.com. and you can check great prostate cancer challenge for more information. and marty bass will be there this morning. he is the mc. he is busy right now as port of wjz's community commitment. we have been a proud sponsor for the last four years. >> thank you for the live weather update. >> be prepared. still ahead, fall marches the unofficial start of the ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

when the weather changes, there are so many different things for fall. we have hol won, thanksgiving and it's a big wedding season. so for a lot of people they want to get special gift and personalize things. and what better way to do that than this morning we have julie and maggie with us and they're going to tell us about some of the things you can do to give the perfect gift to people. good morning. >> we're in hunt valley. >> and they seem to have a wide array of stuff. and we have a great display this morning. so take us through some of the things that you think would be a great gifts for people. >> we have a few hot items this fall. the first item is this ball. it's made of recycled aluminum. it is handcrafted. it's maintenance free. it goes from freezer from on --

from oven to table. if i'm making a crab dip prepare it in the bowl and stick it to the off haven't, you never polish. it's fab us. that is impressive. >> what else is a great wedding gift? >> another popular wedding give the the tumblers. they keep hot hot and cold, colt. >> they love seeing their new initial on things that is special for them. and a lot of other events going on. and we see a lot on this table. so show us a few more things that you want to highlight. >> we have our new line of jewelry we carry all the bracelet and neck lass styles. it's a special occasion gift that you might give to someone they can customize and build on the bracelet. and the nice thing is that the beads start at $24 go up to two

hand 50. >> that is a hot -- to 250. we have a huge variety of the beads right now. >> and we mentioned the ravens also. that is a big thing there. >> we have a lot of ravens things. we have the tailgating thing, and the light. it's a great assortment of ravens' products. >> and it is exciting when you get into the game and the game time season and for some of the holidays coming up or if you're going to someone's house, it's fun to bring them something like that. maybe you can find it here with that. >> and if you want more information, you can go to our website and web web. but you can go to ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,

welcome back. there's rain moving in right now and heavy tuesday and wednesday and we're gone with the heat. >> we're excited. we parted with style -- partnered with style magazine for a purple pride contest. it ends tomorrow. you go to the style website and you up gait your ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,